"WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE, WITH CHARITY FOR ALL,WITH FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT AS GOD GIVES US TO SEF THE RIGHT, LET US STRIVE ON TO FINISH THE WORK WE ARF IN

A LINCOLN

SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

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